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A West Virginia University expert says humanity's first attempt to detect signs of alien life started 55 years ago in the University's backyard and is one of the only places in the world that an unprecedented reinvigoration of the search can continue.

In recognition of Rudy Almasy's extraordinary service to West Virginia University as an interim dean, Provost Joyce McConnell has named him dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences for June 30, permitting him to retire the next day as a dean emeritus. He is currently serving his fourth stint as interim dean of Eberly, and fifth overall.

West Virginia University experts say that the newly published findings from the Environmental Protection Agency's report on hydraulic fracturing's effect on drinking water confirm that proper well management is essential to the safety of the water supply.

The Office of the Provost at West Virginia University has named five faculty members to the inaugural class of the Academic Leadership Fellows Program. The fellows will spend the 2015-2016 academic year with part-time appointments in the Office of the Provost, working closely with the Provost Joyce McConnell and one or more associate provosts on major academic initiatives.

It was old home week for Jordan Hallow and Katherine Bomkamp, one a student at West Virginia University and one an alumna, as they returned to the Intel Science and Engineering Fair, known as ISEF - the world's largest pre-collegiate science competition - held last week in Pittsburgh.

Crime stories leaning heavily on forensic analysis are a staple of television drama. Not surprisingly, however, what you see on CSI and NCIS does not exactly match up with what actually happens - and after this weekend, several community members will be able to tell you that first hand.

The dilemma between maintaining public safety and freedom of expression is on full display in Baltimore, and two West Virginia University professors are well-positioned to discuss the rationale behind both.

There was standing room only in the John D. Rockefeller IV Gallery in the Downtown Library today (April 22) as the University community gathered to dedicate the planting of the Newton apple tree, a direct descendent of the one that inspired Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity.

High above Earth in the darkness of space, more than 100 miniature cube satellites, or CubeSats, orbit the planet in a silent ballet. The state of West Virginia is about to join the dance for the first time with the help of a new collaboration between West Virginia University, NASA's Independent Verification and Validation program, the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium and TMC Technologies in Fairmont.

On March 12, NASA will launch the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, the first such mission dedicated to studying - and it is hoped, solving - this mystery. Paul Cassak, associate professor of physics in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University, is right in the middle of it as a member of the MMS Theory and Modeling Team.

In today's digitally connected world, technology delivers instant and seemingly constant communication to your fingertips. You get a friend request at the grocery store, a notification that your college roommate has posted photos from their latest vacation at the coffee shop and an update from your preferred media sources on Twitter while working on a time-sensitive report.

Dozens of West Virginia University undergraduates will head to the State Capitol Wednesday (March 4) hoping to show state lawmakers concrete evidence of why research is important and worthy of their support.

Finalists for West Virginia University's dean of the College of Law will visit the main campus beginning Monday March 2. Candidates will spend two days and one evening in Morgantown and will meet with administration, faculty, staff and students.

Cheryl Ball, associate professor of digital publishing studies in the Department of English in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, is rethinking the process for publishing multimedia-rich scholarship. To support these innovations the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded West Virginia University a $1 million grant, the University's first Mellon grant.

The West Virginia Board of Education today (Jan .14) will reconsider its decision to make changes to the Next Generation Science Standards. Several West Virginia University faculty members are available to discuss the impact of their decision, which will change education requirements for K-12 students across the state.